School Saints

At St. Wilfrid's School each pupil is a member of a form and the Form Tutor will be responsible for all aspects of the general well-being of each child in their form including: contact with their parents, attendance and progress. Each form is named after a Saint. Details of these are given below.
ALEXANDER BRIANT
Briant was a Catholic priest who was tortured and killed for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of his friend Father Robert Parsons.
RICHARD GWYNN
Gwynn refused to recognise the Queen as head of the Catholic church, he was offered his freedom if he would conform to the state religion, he didn't.
JOHN FISHER
Fisher opposed Henry VIII's divorce proceedings against Catherine, his wife and steadfastly resisted him impinging on the church.
MARGARET CLITHEROW
Clitherow kept priests in her house and employed a Catholic teacher for her children. She was killed for not revealing the priest and protecting children from interrogation.
LUKE KIRBY
When a student in Rome he acted on impulse and give his shirt to a beggar in the street. He was later killed for being a Catholic priest.
PHILIP HOWARD
Howard was arrested at sea as he was leaving England in order to practise his faith freely. He was later executed.
THOMAS MORE
More was imprisoned in the Tower of London for not acknowledging Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church of England. He was beheaded for treason.
NICHOLAS POSTGATE
Postgate was a priest who walked around the North Yorkshire Moors for more than fifty years as a tinker or travelling salesman bringing mass to Catholics scattered around farms and villages.
MARGARET WARD
Ward smuggled in rope to release priests from prisons. When caught she refused to disclose the whereabouts of the priests. She was later executed.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
Despite his family and friends disowning him he converted to Catholicism and worked tirelessly for the poor.

Each form will have approximately 30 children from different areas and of different abilities.
The Form Tutor builds up a close relationship with your child. The Form Tutor will be an important point of contact for you.